Jacob Araptany

Last updated

Jacob Araptany
Jacob Araptany Rio 2016b.jpg
Araptany at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born11 February 1992 (1992-02-11) (age 33)
Kaproron, Kween District, Uganda
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
800 m, 1500 m, 3000 metres steeplechase
ClubKibuuka Memorial [1]
Coached byBenjamin Longirosi [2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 m – 1:49.95 (2011)
1500 m – 3:36.16 (2011)
3000 mS – 8:14.48 (2012) [3]

Jacob Araptany (born 11 February 1992) is an Ugandan runner. He competed in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, reaching the final in 2016. [4] [1] He withdrew from the 1500 m event at the 2012 Olympics to focus on the 3000m steeplechase. He missed the 2014 Commonwealth Games because of injury. [2] He was born in Kaproron, Kween District, Uganda.

References

  1. 1 2 Jacob Araptany Archived 16 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Sports Reference
  2. 1 2 Jacob Araptany. nbcolympics.com
  3. ↑ Jacob Araptany. iaaf.org
  4. ↑ Jacob Araptany. London 2012
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.